Average (median) weekly gross income for graduates is shown in the following table.
£ Government office region 1998-99 to 2000-01 1999-2000 to 2001-02 2000-01 to 2002-03 2001-02 to 2003-04 2002-03 to 2004-05 2003-04 to 2005-06 North-east 411 402 423 441 459 448 North-west 430 434 448 455 456 454 Merseyside, Yorks and Humberside 411 406 421 441 441 440 East midlands 426 439 433 433 443 461 West midlands 454 450 445 455 456 446 Eastern 470 480 488 496 497 497 London 476 495 506 504 486 500 South-east 485 504 509 507 509 502 South-west 414 428 441 444 447 438 Wales 414 404 425 415 415 404 Scotland 440 451 451 458 457 462 Northern Ireland 430 432 Notes: 1. The information shown is for the United Kingdom from 2002/03 onwards. Earlier years are Great Britain only. Qualifications data are not available before 1998-99. 2. The results are based on survey data so are subject to sampling variability. 3. Graduates include anyone with educational and vocational degree level qualifications, in line with established definitions. 4. Weekly income amounts have been rounded to the nearest whole pound. 5. Median incomes have been presented. We have used median rather than mean as a measure of average incomes because they are less influenced by extreme values. 6. Three year averages of median incomes are presented as single year estimates are considered too volatile. These figures have been adjusted to account for the effect of inflation. This is consistent with the presentation of median incomes in the Households Below Average Income Publication. 7. The estimates are based on sample counts that have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors that align the FRS to Government office region populations by age and sex. Estimates are subject to sampling error and remaining response bias. Source: Family Resources Survey, 1998-99 to 2005-06